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The October NPD report has dropped and it seems that you lot couldn’t get enough of your gaming, spending a hefty $1.55 billion on your hobby. The NPD data for the US market is in for the month, and this year saw a record-breaking October since tracking began, with a huge $1.55 billion spent across hardware, software, accessories, and games. The previous record for October was set in 2008, which saw spending reach $1.36 billion. In terms of year-on-year, spending is up 73% for the month, and 21% year-to-date compared to 2017, with a current figure of $10.5 billion. Software As we approach Thanksgiving – and all things Back Friday related, which you can check out here – Activision has a lot to be thankful for; Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was the best-selling game of October, and the year-to-date. The publisher’s Q3 report revealed that the title sold more units in its first three days than both Black Ops 3 and WW2’s launch. The NPD data shows that over the … [Read more...] about NPD October 2018: Black Ops 4 is the best-selling game of the year, October spending on games sets a new record

Here are all the best PS4 Black Friday deals on cheap console bundles and games. It’s nearly time for Black Friday once again – the bargain hunter’s favourite time of year, full of discounts and deals on your favourite games, consoles and bundles that allow you to get your hands on a bunch of lovely stuff for not a lot of moolah. As is tradition, we’ve been scouring up and down the online shopping halls to bring you the best Black Friday PS4 deals for you right here. The best deal you can currently get your hands on in the UK appears to be this 500GB PlayStation 4 Slim FIFA 19 bundle with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Limited Edition and Far Cry 5 Limited Edition for £299.99 from Amazon UK. Or if you’re looking for a PS4 Pro then this 1TB PlayStation 4 Pro with Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Omega Edition, Doom and 2 Months of Sky NOW TV’s Entertainment Pass for £379.99 from GAME. In the US, you can nab a 1TB … [Read more...] about PS4 Black Friday deals 2018 – PS4 consoles, PS4 Pro, games, accessories, and more

After years of speculation and a missed E3 showing, the Nintendo Switch - formerly known by its codename Nintendo NX - has been unleashed upon the world. The successor to the Wii U and 3DS is a portable handheld console with detachable controllers, with the option to connect to a TV or play standalone in tabletop mode. This has paved the way for many, many games - which we've listed in entirety in this article to help you work out what to play next. On this page: Nintendo Switch games list coming in 2018Here is every confirmed Nintendo Switch game, first with known release date (for Europe, unless otherwise stated).Upcoming Nintendo Switch games with confirmed release dates:September 2018:Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle (Capcom, September 18th)Undertale (8-4, September 18th)Nintendo Switch Online (September 19th)Velocity 2X (September 20th)Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse (Revolution Software, September 21st)FIFA 19 (EA, September 28th)Namco Museum Arcade Pack (Namco, September … [Read more...] about Nintendo Switch games list, Switch Online NES games list and all 2018 release dates

By Matt Martin, Friday, 27 April 2018 10:24 GMT Rockstar Games has swung the axe at the GTA 4 soundtrack, chopping down 30-plus songs as licenses expire.slaps, son. But still, a stack of songs that can only be described as 100 percent BANGERZ have been shit-canned because someone didn’t want to give Papoose his royalties. So out go metal pioneers Black Sabbath, angry thrash-punks Cro-Mags, the sublime ELO, Terror Squad founder and star of Scary Movie 3 Fat Joe and Five-Percenters Brand Nubian, among others. There’s no justice. We decided to make a quick playlist of the songs that have been sacked off, because we care, and it’s Friday so any distraction is welcome. Here it is, or at least the one’s we could find on Spotify. Uzis, banana clips, what what? I gots some: Songs removed from the GTA IV soundtrack RUSLANA – Wild Dances MARAKESH – Jdat BLACK SABBATH – Heaven And Hell BRAND NUBIAN – All For One DOLPHIN – RAP MTUME … [Read more...] about Black Sabbath, ELO, Bowie and Fat Joe: here’s a playlist of all the songs removed from the GTA 4 soundtrack

Over the last couple of months I've been falling in love all over again with Final Fantasy XII. I know I'm late to the Zodiac Age party, but I've been marvelling at how much this game has come into its own since its original release back in 2006. Certainly the remaster's smoothing-off of the original's (literal) rough edges helps, but I'm not the first to observe that it feels a bit like gaming has caught up with some of its ideas that weren't fully appreciated at the time like its distinctive automated battles. Or maybe it's just that I'm in a different place in my life, and FF12's peculiarly hands-off approach to monster hunting fits so much better into what a 30-something wants after a day at work than it did the long holidays of a student with time on his hands. Its idiosyncratic systems are what FF12 is best known for, but they're not the only thing that's distinctive about it. Let's talk about that setting and art direction. Where most other fantasy RPGs go for worlds drawn from … [Read more...] about From Final Fantasy 12 to Uncharted 3: exploring gaming’s Orientalist fantasies